RSI chances?? I know it's a year away

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Hey IWantFood, I'm a rising junior too. I don't know how international RSI admin works, but I hope you get in. I might PM you soon, and maybe we can chat about this stuff. It would be pretty cool to talk to someone outside the states.</p>

<p>Anyway, I was wondering if you guys could give me any advice on my chances for RSI:</p>

<p>Rank: 1(tied)</p>

<p>SAT(old) December 2004: Verbal - 690, Math 720
GPA 9th: 4.625(reg = 4.0, honor = 5.0, AP = 6.0, 8 classes a year)
GPA 10th: 5.125</p>

<p>AP's:
Physics B - 5
Computer Science AB - 5
Calculus AB and BC - 5
Statistics - 5</p>

<p>Doing an internship at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, for creating a tool to display multivariate data(like 100 dimensional data points). Not sure if this is research.</p>

<p>Doing a ISEF project for AI.</p>

<p>I haven't won any big math or science awards really, but I've gotten some of the states highest awards in Model UN. Not sure if that helps RSI.</p>

<p>I don't have any olympiads or anything special, though I am working on the USACO training pages.</p>

<p>Do I have a shot?</p>

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<p>How did the 720 on math happen?</p>

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<p>Well I was deep in a problem. Missed 3 i believe</p>

<p>A) 2 + 5 = 9... yeah, sometimes this kind of thing happens</p>

<p>B) forgot to multiply by 1/2 at the end</p>

<p>C) one other thing</p>

<p>I missed mainly on quantitive comparisoin and analogy(probably 70 pts).</p>

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<p>I believe that RSI accepts 25 international students and 50 US students, making a total of 75 (at least it was for this year)</p>

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<p>From Illinois, one person got in last year...they wrote on my rejection letter "there were many more qualified applicants we could accept." Ouch.</p>

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<p>Man, when you are in an isolated state such as Oregon, you don't know some of the brilliant people out there, so you think you have a good shot at RSI. . .then you come onto this forum, and realize how pathetic you are.</p>

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<p>btw, do they pick one student from each state? (since they pick 50 US students. . .)</p>

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<p>Not necessarily, they might have 2 or 3 students from competitive states such as MA and CA (etc.)</p>

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<p>Yay! That 's good news for me, I'm from MA!</p>

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<p>Yeah. The applicant pools for RSI are mind-boggling. These are people who can get into HYPSMC with ease.</p>

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<p>Anyone know the number from NC? Does entering ISEF and Siemens help a lot? If you don't want to enter for math, but rather Computer Science, what kind of awards do they look for? I'm doing USACO, but I am not winning anything.</p>

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<p>ISEF and Siemens should definitely help, especially if you do really well. I don't think RSI has set numbers, it varies each year.</p>

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<p>Historically, have the essay questions for the RSI application been the same year after year?</p>

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<p>yea they have pretty much been the same.</p>

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<p>alright, thanks</p>